THE VOICE: Taryn Papa on Winning the Four-Way Knockout

THE VOICE — “Live Top 17 Performances” Episode 1912A — Pictured: Taryn Papa — (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)

With her four-way Knockout victory, THE VOICE’s Taryn Papa has a potential unexpected edge as the Top 17 gets cut to become the Top 9: She’s the only remaining contestant whose fans have kept her on the show through voting. (Everyone else was picked by their coaches to make it through to the live rounds.)

After Monday’s performance, Papa admitted to reporters she hadn’t considered that yet. “The only thing I’ve thought about is the fact that my fans have already voted means I don’t have to answer all my DMs on how to vote again,” she joked in the video below. “That was really good because that’s something that’s been blowing my phone up. I haven’t really thought about that [potential edge]. That’s a really interesting.”

The Team Blake member was also clearly stunned by her victory on Monday night,  and she shared it didn’t exactly cease when she got off-camera. “I had to collect myself,” she admitted. “One of the production assistants was like, ‘Get it together. You have to sing…you have to be professional now,’ because I was [hyperventilating.]”

Check out more from Papa in the video below! Read more